This is the penultimate post in the series of articles on the story of Thomas and Olga de Hartmann's time with Gurdjieff and his other followers between 1916-18. The series looks especially at the significance and contrast between sweet and bitter things, literally and allegorically, and about the role of "magnetism."
As always, familiarity with fundamental Fourth Way texts is assumed. Please see Introduction and Bibliography for guidance, and for full citations of abbreviated references.
See also:
The psychological aspect of cures; conditioning and deconditioning of associations; decreased consciousness and confusion as a “fall” or a necessary transitory state?; becoming oneself.